THE COMPETENCY TO PERFORMANCE OF VILLAGE HEALTH VOLUNTEERS (VHV) IN SAMUT PRAKAN PROVINCE

Abstract

      This research is a descriptive study aimed at personal factors, motivation levels, work attitude levels of village health volunteers (VHV), and their work competency levels in Samut Prakan province. It also to study the relationship between motivation, work attitudes, and the work competency of village health volunteers in the province. The sample consisted of 175 participants selected through simple random sampling. The research instrument was a questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.96. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, including percentages, mean, and standard deviation, as well as Pearson’s correlation coefficient to determine relationships between variables.

     The results indicated that the majority of the participants were female (88.00%), while males accounted for 12.00%. The maximum age recorded was 90 years, the minimum age was 30 years, with an average age of 62.30 years. Most participants had an education level of high school/vocational certificate (26.30%). The majority were homemakers/unemployed (46.90%). The highest reported income was 20,000 THB, the lowest was 1,600 THB, with an average income of 5,950.57 THB. Most participants were married (52.60%). The longest duration of service as a village health volunteer was 42 years, while the shortest was 1 year, with an average service period of 12.30 years. The results also showed that the level of work motivation was high (M = 4.40), the level of work attitude was high (M = 4.54), and the level of work competency was high (M = 4.46). The correlation analysis indicated that work motivation (r = 0.659) and work attitude (r = 0.536) had a statistically significant relationship with the work competency of village health volunteers at the .01 significance level. Therefore, efforts should be made to enhance motivation and foster positive attitudes to ensure that village health volunteers maintain their work competency in alignment with their roles and responsibilities as defined by the Ministry of Public Health regulations.